25 Most Critically Acclaimed TV Shows Of All Time

4. The World At War

Fargo
ITV

IMDb Score: 9.4

Nothing makes better TV than real life events, and The World At War epitomises that concept tenfold. Produced on a budget of £900,000 (£13m by today's standards), Jeremy Isaacs' documentary series was the most expensive television series ever produced by the BBC at the time, and it took a staggering four years to research and finish.

Featuring extensive interviews from soldiers and civilians from both sides of the war, Isaacs' documentary is lauded today for its detailed portrayal of the atrocities committed during the war and how the people that experienced them managed to deal with the death and tyranny that followed.

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